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Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger has called for more public education on card reader and voter card before using them for elections.
Aliyu made the call after casting his vote at the Musa Umar Ward Polling Unit in Minna on Saturday.
He said the use of the two innovations had thrown up the challenges encountered during Saturday’s election.
''You can imagine a situation where the card reader fails to identify me and I even have to use my 10 fingers on the reader without success. It was at the eleventh try that my finger was recognised. This is a delay that can be avoided. This card has my name, my picture and this is my polling unit. I have been recognised by even the INEC official but the process has to be followed.
''I think more needs to be done on this challenge before we go into another poll. This can be rectified at the April 11 elections’’, he said.
#Niger #INEC
Aliyu made the call after casting his vote at the Musa Umar Ward Polling Unit in Minna on Saturday.
He said the use of the two innovations had thrown up the challenges encountered during Saturday’s election.
''You can imagine a situation where the card reader fails to identify me and I even have to use my 10 fingers on the reader without success. It was at the eleventh try that my finger was recognised. This is a delay that can be avoided. This card has my name, my picture and this is my polling unit. I have been recognised by even the INEC official but the process has to be followed.
''I think more needs to be done on this challenge before we go into another poll. This can be rectified at the April 11 elections’’, he said.
#Niger #INEC
